I suspect that David simply didn't know the details of what's going on in Lugh. We did flip a station, I think he was just mis-remembering what someone told him.
What I am saying is that a journalist is not going to go to the trouble of saving Davids bacon for him on his own behalf. If David said that it would just be quoted as is. The fact is though that it is not and that to me suggests an attempt to mislead the reader by creativly constructing sentences in a perticular way. The quotation marks are not around the statement. All I am saying is I do not believe this is an accident.
I am no fanboy or idol worshipper by the way, but I am aware that the media misquotes people all the time. If David really did say that then he should not have. But what I see from the evidence in fairness to David is a writer looking to write a good article and taking poetic licence.
I myself have suffered the same thing in the past and it can be amazing when you read what somebody 'says' that you said...
I suspect that David simply didn't know the details of what's going on in Lugh. We did flip a station, I think he was just mis-remembering what someone told him.
I suspect that David simply didn't know the details of what's going on in Lugh. We did flip a station, I think he was just mis-remembering what someone told him.
Folks, we've heard that FD have tracked down the cause of the influence wackiness and new, fixed influence data should be going out into the next game in the next couple of hours.
I think I'm OK to give you a preview of the updated numbers:
Crimson State Group: 56%
Lugh for Equality: 40%
Lugh Defence Force: 2%
Dominion of Lugh: 1%
Silver Natural Ltd: 1%
A fix for the combat bonds incorrectly affecting influence should be going out in an update to the client this afternoon.
Folks, we've heard that FD have tracked down the cause of the influence wackiness and new, fixed influence data should be going out into the next game in the next couple of hours.
I think I'm OK to give you a preview of the updated numbers:
Crimson State Group: 56%
Lugh for Equality: 40%
Lugh Defence Force: 2%
Dominion of Lugh: 1%
Silver Natural Ltd: 1%
A fix for the combat bonds incorrectly affecting influence should be going out in an update to the client this afternoon.
I knew it! What about the rep? Im returning bonds like this several times a day:
... and i got to "allied" with Feds, when im still neutral to CSG...
David Braben: Well, it’s some of the things in that acronym. It is massively multiplayer. But you can cooperate with just your friends, or with very, very large groups – it’s up to you. And you can even do things such as overthrow governments... which, actually, has already happened in the game.
There was a system called Lugh, where players worked against the government there, because they wanted to support a minority party. And a big part of it was that players actually wanted to test our system. They wanted to say: “Hey, if we actually do this, will it work?” And it did work. They were able to overthrow the government and install their own favorites.
Lugh For Equality 40%
CSG 56%
DoL 0%
LDF 1%
These numbers look way more normal. CSG is likely still losing ground though.
Crimson State Group 36.3% (-54.8%)
Lugh for Equality 44.4% (+37%)
Lugh Defence Force 13.9% (+12.6%)
Dominion of Lugh 5.2% (+5,1%)
Silver Natural 0.3% (+0.2%)
Lugh For Equality 40%
CSG 56%
DoL 0%
LDF 1%
Remember, that the wthe CSG and LFE had roughly about 50% influence.
Did that post cause consternation? That wasn't intended, perhaps my written tone upon reading what I did sounded too exasperated.
Is is there another thread about it somewhere? Otherwise people just seemed curious about the interview... If any, only minor consternation.